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Psalms 140:1 open_in_new
To the chief Musician. See App-64.
Title.. Psalm. Hebrew. mizmor. See App-65.
of David. by David.
LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4.
the evil. an evil man. Hebrew. ra'a'. App-44. man. Hebrew. 'adam. App-14.
man. Hebrew. i. h. App-14.
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Psalms 140:2 open_in_new
Which. Who.
mischiefs. Not the same word as in Psalms 140:9, but the same word as "evil" in Psalms 140:1.
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Psalms 140:3 open_in_new
tongues. Singular. See note on Psalms 140:11. Quoted in Romans 3:13.
Selah. Connecting the evil with the prayer to be delivered; thus marking the Structure (App-66)
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Psalms 140:4 open_in_new
wicked. lawless. Hebrew. rasha'. App-41.
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Psalms 140:5 open_in_new
by the wayside. See Job 18:10.
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Psalms 140:6 open_in_new
GOD. Hebrew El App-4.
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Psalms 140:7 open_in_new
GOD the Lord. Hebrew. Jehovah. Adonai. App-4. (2).
of. Genitive of character. my saving strength. covered. screened or protected. Not the same word as in Psalms 140:9.
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Psalms 140:8 open_in_new
wicked. Hebrew. rasha'. Singular. App-44. The same word as in Psalms 140:4.
wicked device. devices or plots. Occurs only here.
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Psalms 140:9 open_in_new
those that compass me about. one word in Hebrew.
mischief. labour, toil Hebrew. 'amal. App-44.
cover. overwhelm. Not the same word as in Psalms 140:7.
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burning coals. Put by Figure of speech Metony. y (of Adjunct), App-6, for cruel words and hard speeches which wound the heart as fire wounds the body. Compare Proverbs 16:27; Proverbs 26:23.
that they, &c.. let them not, &c.
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Psalms 140:11 open_in_new
evil speaker. Hebrew. man of tongue; not "a man of lips" (= talkative. Job 11:2), but with an evil motive. a slanderer. Compare Psalms 140:3.
Evil shall hunt. Let evil hunt.
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the afflicted. a poor one.
the poor. helpless ones.
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Psalms 140:13 open_in_new
name. See note on Psalms 20:1.
dwell in Thy presence. Compare Psalms 11:7; Psalms 16:11.